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malthaussen

(17,187 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2014, 06:56 PM Feb 2014

William Tenn was a bloody genious...

... just found a link to the complete text of "The Masculinist Revolt." I read it in 1968 when he first published it. It's friggin' hilarious.

http://bookre.org/reader?file=289650&pg=1

-- Mal

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William Tenn was a bloody genious... (Original Post) malthaussen Feb 2014 OP

My favorite Tenn story is *The Liberation of Earth*... First Speaker Feb 2014 #1

Yep. He deserves to be better-known... malthaussen Feb 2014 #2

My other favorite is "Null-p" malthaussen Feb 2014 #4

! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #3

I'm not sure who it belongs to now, but possibly not the site linked to. hunter Feb 2014 #5

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

1. My favorite Tenn story is *The Liberation of Earth*...

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 08:28 PM

Feb 2014

...very prescient, alas...LOL...and rather brave, to write in the McCarthy era...

malthaussen

(17,187 posts)

2. Yep. He deserves to be better-known...

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 08:34 PM

Feb 2014

... I rarely see his name come up when they talk about the grand masters of sci-fi.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(17,187 posts)

4. My other favorite is "Null-p"

Reply to First Speaker (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:23 AM

Feb 2014

I have to say, my sympathies lie with the dogs in that one.

-- Mal

Tuesday Afternoon

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3. !

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:42 PM

Feb 2014

hunter

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5. I'm not sure who it belongs to now, but possibly not the site linked to.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 01:02 PM

Feb 2014

http://dpsinfo.com/williamtenn

http://store.nesfa.org/mm5/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=S&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-886778-19-1

All my own creation (pathetic as it is) is Creative Commons or Open Source 'cause I never wanted that kind of hassle.

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